Courtesan and Her Attendant on a Balcony Overlooking River

Two women stand on a balcony railing overlooking a river, the elder in a pink-and-black kimono and the younger before her in a pink robe over a dark green under-kimono patterned with a large round crest; boats with figures aboard are visible on the water below under a red-and-gold banded sky. The tall, narrow hashira-e format frames the figures vertically against the wide horizontal river scene. Isoda Koryūsai, 1766, color woodblock print.